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Showing posts with label Vlissingen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vlissingen. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 July 2026

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jacob Kooyman 1754-1761

Bookkeeper Adriaen Kroeff and Hendrik de Haan, Vlissingen

1754

Whales 2 Barrels blubber 56 Quardelen whale oil 90

1755

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0 Quardelen whale oil 0

1756

Whales 10 Barrels blubber 173 Quardelen whale oil 249

1757

Whales 0.5 Barrels blubber 26 Quardelen whale oil 36

Bookkeeper Hamma Klinckert, Zaandam

1761

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0 Quardelen whale oil 0

Lyst 1761 mentioned the ship Lust en Yver departed 30 May

Sources

Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.

Lyst van de Hollandse, Hamburger, Breemer en Emder Groenlands Anno 1761 Uytgevaaren

Monday, 4 May 2026

Dutch facing brick whale dated 1626

From a house at Vlissingen, Netherlands. muzEEuM, Vlissingen

For more information about the whaling activities in the towns Middelbrug and Vlissingen, province Zeeland, Netherlands in the 18th Century read the article on: Whaling on the island of Walcheren, Netherlands. Weblog Zeeuws Archief

Monday, 14 July 2025

Dutch Greenland whaler de Vlissinger Visser for sale according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 13 September 1760

An announcement reported the auction on 3 October 1760 at Vlissingen the 3-mast hooker ship de Vlissinger Visser last commandeur Hartje Claasen Swart returned from Greenland.(1)

Source

1. Heertje Claasz Swart, Greenland commandeur between 1757-1760 for Adriaan Kroef and Hendrik de Haan, Vlissingen, in 1760 zero catch results. Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written note until 1794.

Sunday, 13 July 2025

Wreckage of Dutch Greenland whaler De Groenlandsche Hoop for sale according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 13 September 1760

An announcement reported the auction on Monday 18 September at F.H. van der Haar, Nieuwendam, Netherlands the wreckage of ship De Groenlandsche Hoop commandeur Cornelis Colder wrecked on Borkum.(1)

Source

1. Cornelis Kolder, Greenland commandeur between 1753-1765, in 1759 wrecked off Borkum, bookkeeper A. Kroef en H. de Haan, Vlissingen. Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written note until 1794.

Friday, 26 February 2021